Reconquista

The Spanish Reconquista was an influential period in time where the many kingdoms of Spain (with aid from Portugal and the Frenks) fought the Muslim caliphates for control of medieval Iberia. The war was seen as a fight for survival before the time of the First Crusade in 1095, but afterwards, it was seen as a fight for the creed of Jesus Christ, and in 1147, a fleet of Crusaders from Germany and England helped to take Lisbon from the Muslims. Despite the fight between Christianity and Islam being the main focus, it was just as much a war between the factions in both camps; the patchwork of Christian kingdoms fought each other just as much as they fought the Muslims, with the French invading in 778. The real Reconquista started in 850, when the Christians gained the upper hand, and it spiritually ended in 1250, when the conquest of Spain seemed inevitable. However, it started in 711 with the Battle of Transductine Promontories and ended in 1492 with the Fall of Granada.